Breakdown of Walimu wanatutazama wakati tunakimbia uwanjani.
Questions & Answers about Walimu wanatutazama wakati tunakimbia uwanjani.
wanatutazama = wa- (they; class 2 subject prefix) + -na- (present-tense/continuous marker “are …-ing”) + -tu- (us; 1st person pl. object prefix) + tazama (verb stem “watch”).
Literally: “they-are-us-watch” ⇒ “they are watching us.”
The infix -na- marks the present tense (often continuous).
In wanatutazama, wa- + -na- + … = “they are …,” and in tunakimbia, tu- + -na- + kimbia = “we are running.”
Yes. You can say:
Wakati tunakimbia uwanjani, walimu wanatutazama.
Both orders are grammatically correct.
Change walimu to mwalimu (class 1) and its verb prefix to a-:
Mwalimu anatutazama wakati tunakimbia uwanjani.
Replace the object prefix -tu- (“us”) with -ni- (“me”) and adjust the subordinate clause subject:
Walimu wananitazama wakati ninakimbia.
Here wa- + na- + ni- + tazama = “they are watching me,” and ni- + na- + kimbia = “I am running.”